It is to be taken as out of God's
Hand, not from the imme-
diate Inftruments. 329.
It is the ufual Fate of the beft

Men. 346.

Perfecutions Breaches of the

Sixth Commandment. II. 133.
The Unreasonableness of Party-

Perfecution. IV. 202..262.
How few hold out against Per-

fecution. 218.
Perfecution of Monitors. IV. 114.
The perfecuting Temper of falfe
Prophets. IV. 260.

Perfecution when to be born.
II. 377.

Petitions of the Lord's-Prayer.
The Method of them. III.
121, &c.
Pharifees. Their Behaviour to
Chrift. II. 96.
Plainnefs of Speech. Or Inge-
nuity. II. 362.
Pleafure. The evil Fruits of un-

lawful Pleasures. I. 231, &c.
Plucking out the Eye, and
cutting off the Hand. II.
255, &c.

Poor in Spirit. Explained. I. 110.
Different from outward Poverty.

I12.

How far Humility falls within

this Defcription. 114.
The Chriftian Church made up
of the Poor in Spirit, 117, &c.
Several Vices contrary to this
Beatitude. 119, &c.
Pope. His Invasion of the Gof-

pel-Miniftry. I. 251. 425.
Pounds. The Parable of the

Pounds, Luke xix. I. 365.
Power and Dominion. God
acts not from a Principle of
Power, but of Goodnefs. IV.
173.
Practice. A regular Practice of
Piety. I. 429.
Practical Errors lefs juftifiable
than speculative. II. 49.

Holy Practice requifite to
Prayer. IV. 148.
Praife for good Works how far
to be admitted. III. 5.
Prayer. For our Neighbour in
Diftrefs. I. 199.

Prayer and Devotion an Effect
of Perfecution. 299.
Prayer and Thanksgiving recom
mended. II. 166.

Prayer for an Adverfary, 193.
Prayer and Devotion recom-
mended. III. 44. 56. 60.
69. 200. IV. 322.
Publick Prayer annexed to the
minifterial Office. III. 62.
The true Grounds of Prayer. 81.
Intenseness of Affection in Prayer
recommended. 86.

The Difficulties in Prayer. IV.

137.

The Seafons for it to be em
braced. 138.

Affiduity in it recommended.
140.
Endeavours to make it effectual.

141.

Prayer the great Secret of Sancti-
fication. 142.

The Qualifications for Prayer.
143, &c.

The Manner of asking. 153, &c.
Preparations and Difpofitions for
Prayer. III. 97, &c.
Preaching. Good Moral Preach-
ing is good Christian Preach-
ing. II. 92.

Precepts. The Gofpel-Precepts
are not bare Counfels of Per-
fection. 97.
What we do with an Eye to
God's Precepts is defigned for
his Honour. III. 23.
Prejudices to be removed out of
Peoples Minds. II. 16.
Prefbyterians. Their Directory.
III. 91.

Prefence. The Exercise of the
divine Prefence. II. 165.

Prefervation

Prefervation of the World by
God. III. 371.
Pride from good Works to be
fuppreffed. I. 508.
Spiritual Pride defcribed. II. 95.
Pride and Vain-glory to be a-
voided in our good Works.
III. 1, &c.

Pride and Vanity is a robbing God of his Honour; like a General's feducing an Army, or a Master of a Ship running away with Ship and Cargo. 8. Pride and Self-conceit. 1V. 50. Primitive Church. A Character

of it. I. 441. 477, &c. Princes. Earthly Princes can't reward all that fuffer for them, as Chrift doth. I. 379. Probation. This Life a State of Probation. I. 357. Profeffion. An open Profeffion of Chriftianity. I. 465. Promifes. Temporal Promifes fubordinate to eternal. I. 158. The Promifes in the feveral Beatitudes diftinct; as the Duties to which they are annexed. 183. They refult from the Virtues re

commended in them. 231. The great Equity of the Promifes and Threatnings. III.

It is every one's Business to guard against them. 240, &c. Prophets fignify Teachers. 241. The deftructive Doctrine of falfe Prophets. 253, &c. 255. Several of thefe falfe Doctrines inftanced. 257, &c. Particularly, (1.) All fuch as weaken the Belief of a future State. 257. (2) Such as deny revealed Religion. 257.

(3.) Such as prohibit the Use of the Scriptures. 258. (4.) Such as limit the Interpretation of the Scripture to themselves. 258.

(5.) Such as make the Precepts only Advices of Perfection. 258. (6.) They who reftrain them to Apoftles. 258.

(7.) Such as deny the Neceffity of Grace. 259.

(8.) Such as fuperfede our own Endeavours. 259.

(9.) Such as fet up Soundness of Opinion before Holiness. 259. The Fruits by which we may know false Prophets. 273. Providence. An Acquiefcence therein. III. 150, &c. An implicit general Acquiefcence in Providence. 150. A particular explicit Acquiefcence. 152.

The Danger of obferving Providence by halves. 212. Providence in preferving and fuftaining the feveral Creatures. 344. Prudence and Circumfpectness required. I. 450. Publick Perfons in publick Truft, their Duty. III. 71. Purity in Heart. Defcribed. I.

221. and recommended. 233. It prepares the Soul for the Knowledge and Love of God. 231,

Quakers.

R

R

Aiment. Against Anxiety
for Raiment. III. 360, &c.
Rafh Judgments from our own
partial. Obfervations; how
cured. IV. 82, &c.
From Ignorance. IV. 85, &c.
From Inconfideration. 87.
From Averfion to the Perfon. 88.
From Opiniaftreté. 88.

From the Reports of others. 89,
&c.

From Party. 92.

The Difficulty of avoiding rafh
Judgments. 91.

Charity in pardoning them. 93.
The Benefits of avoiding rash
Judgment. 125.

Rebellions and Infurrections con-
demned. II. 132.
Reconciliation with our Neigh-
bour. 169. 1

Advices in order to it. 170, &c.
Our Saviour's Method for it.
173.

Redemption. Univerfal Redemp-

tion. IV. 247. 305.
Reformation of publick Abuses,
is our Bufinefs only in our
own Station. I. 256.
Reformation to begin at Home.

IV. 53.
Mad Reformers; not for amend-
ing but deftroying. II, 179.

Repentance. I. 133. 140. 225.
II. 279. III. 388. IV. 293.
323.

Requifite to Prayer. 148.
Slight Notions of Repentance.
216.

Repetition, and inculcating of
good things. III. 377.

Reputation.

How tender we
fhould be of our Neighbour's
Reputation and good Name.
IV. 17.
Refifiance. I. 336. 347.
Refolution. Refolutions without

Prayer how weak. III. 200.
Holy Refolutions. IV. 319.334-
Refolving to be rich condemned.
III. 268.
Reftitution. I. 176.
Reftraints of Grace and Provi-
dence to keep us from aiming
at ill things. III. 128.
Retaliation of Injuries condem-
ned. II. 371, &c.

How Retaliation was abused by

the Scribes and Pharifees. 373.
Revenge forbid to private Men.
II. 103, &c. 131. 170. III.
226.

The bad Confequences of private
Revenge. III. 242.

Rewards and Punishments, in
this World, unequal. I. 359.
Why Heaven called a Reward.
360.

It is for Chrift's Honour, that

Sufferers for him fhould have
a diftinguishing Reward. 377.
Rewards of the future State little

known, till revealed by the
Gofpel. II. 435.
Eternal Reward described. III.
396.

Rich. The rich Man enlarging

his Barns. III. 426. Riches. The Difference betwixt having and ferving Riches. III. 306. Right-Eye and Right-Hand explained. II. 258. Righteousness. Several Senfes of it. I. 162:

Righteousness imputed. 162. Moral Righteousness. 163. Righteousness: for Justice and Honesty. 164.

Righteous moral and imputed. II. 73.

Pharifaical Righteousness. 77) &c. 93.95: Evangelical Righteousness. 81. 94. Righteoufnefs taken for all Duty. III. 3. God's Righteousness. 400, &c. Rome. The Cruelty of that Church. I. 218. That Church guilty of imposing new Doctrines. 248. Inventions in that Church to feed Hopes without real Holinefs. IV. 248.

Ignorance owing to their Ob-
ftinacy. II. 89.

Scribes and Pharifees false Pro-
phets. IV. 242.
Scripture. All Errors in the
Interpretation of it, not
Breaches of the Church's
Peace..I. 249.

The Study of the Scripture re-
commended. IV. 279.
Seafoning is the tincturing Mens
Minds with good Notions and
Principles. I. 410.

This the Study of all Chriftians. ibid.

Sects and Parties. Their Partia

lity to their own Sect. II. 179. Seeing God described. I. 227. The felicity of it. 228, &c. Self-defence. When lawful. II. 380.

Self-denial. Learned by fuffering. I. 294. Self-denial compared to a Ship that bears up well against the Wind. IV. 226. Self-Examination. II. 149, &c. and IV. 79, &c. Self-Flattery. II. 33. 187. Self-Love and Self-Intereft, blind the Understanding, that we can't fee our Duty. IV. 193. Senfes. The Senfes to be watched. II. 162. Separation. When not to be made. I. 252.

Sermon on the Mount. Chriftian Duties plainly and perfectly taught in it. I. 20. Dedication.

The Occafion of the Sermon on the Mount. I. 51.

The Key to it. 58.

The Hearers of it. The Multitudes and the Disciples. 68. Whether the fame with that Luke vi. 78.

All preached at once to one Auditory. 88.

It

It was defigned to cure the common Errors about the Meffiah's Kingdom, and the evil Confequences of them. 91. All it's Precepts belong to all Chriftians, and all the Arguments enforcing them. I. 91. III. 376.

The Style of it different from what is used to Apoftles. I. 92. It belongs all to private Chriftians, not Clergy, nor Magiftrates, nor Monaftick Orders. 96, &c. 186. III. 62. It is a general standing Rule to all Chriftians. I. 98, &c. It contains all things at that time neceffary to the Salvation of the Hearers. IV. 299. It is a perfect Syftem of Chriftian Morals. 304.

All delivered at one Time. 357All the People Hearers of it. 360. The Frame and Contexture of

it. 362.

It contains the choiceft Rules of

Life. 371. Sermons ought to be cloathed with the Notion of the Text. I. 21. Dedication. Sheep. The Sheeps Cloathing explained. IV. 249, &c. Shining of our Light before Men, is the giving a good Example.

I. 473.. Shortening Life. Unlawful Actions occafioning it, are Breaches of the Sixth Commandment. II. 134. Sickness. Our Duty to our Neighbour in it. I. 196. 202. Simplicity and Veracity in Converfation. II. 357, &c. Simplicity in Speech recommended. 361.

Chriftian Simplicity. III. 28. Sin. Several degrees of it. II. 147. We are not to dwell near the Confines of it. 152.

Slanderer compared to a difho neft Trader. IV. 22. Small Faults to be born with in

others. IV. 58. 81.

Sobriety and Temperance. I. 130. They are good Preparatives for Troubles. 330.

Socinians cenfured for impofing forced Senfes on the Scripture.

I. 249 Solitude. The Advantage of it for Devotion. III. 64. Chrift's Example in it. 65. Solomon's Choice of a wife Heart. III. 405. 424.

Soul. How it is improved in the future State. IV. 231. Sounding the Trumpet. III. 16. 32.

Spirit. The plentiful Effufion

of it by the Gofpel. II. 437. Strength. Spiritual Strength to

refift Temptations. III. 198. Stumbling in good People occafions greater Cautioufnefs. 199. Subjects. Practical Subjects not all clear. I. 29. Preface. Subfiftence. We are not to doubt of Subfiftence we doing our Parts. III. 373. 385. Suffering. Our Saviour's Suf

ferings voluntary. I. 318. The Sufferings of the first Chri ftians were not for Crimes, but purely for Religion. 321. The

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